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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 15

● As filed67 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 67 priced lines covering 2,083 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 677 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 835 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,162 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Jun 15, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Billings, MT (LS-BL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 677Last week 1,593Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 835Last week 542Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,162Last week 2,248Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Quality this week was mostly plain to

average and significantly lower than last weeks offering. Consignments were offered in mostly small packages or as singles. Buyers showed

mostly light to moderate demand for light offerings. CME positions moved mostly sideways this week. Boxed beef prices continue to fall as

more and more product is available for retailers to purchase. Lower box prices have packers offering lower money for finished cattle. As of

Thursdays settlement the August feeder cattle contract closed at 132.975 which is 0.80 higher than last Thursdays close. Market activity this

week was mostly slow. Weigh up cows comprised most of the sales volume again this week. Branding season is still underway and ranchers

continue to market cull cows. Cow quality this week was average to very attractive. Unlike the last few weeks which have been driven by

feeding buyer demand this weeks market was driven by slaughter cow demand. Fewer feeding cow buyers were seen this week allowing

packers to purchase a larger portion of the cow offering. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady from 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Feeding cows

sold steady to weak with fewer market participants seen this week. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower on a lower quality and lower

yielding offering compared to last week. Slaughter through Thursday was 478,000 head compared to 467,000 head last week and 485,000

head last year. Young age cows suitable to feed or re-breed sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower. Lighter demand continues to be seen for re-breed

type cows which allowed prices to move lower. Quality was average.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,374	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	355	—	1,426	55.50–71.00	65.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	188	—	1,212	61.00–80.00	67.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	129	—	1,445	54.50–66.00	62.01
(<2 yrs)	Open	163	—	1,053	63.00–94.00	80.39

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	62.00	62.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,065	62.50–65.00	63.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,189	54.00–56.50	55.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,396	975.00	975.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	931	107.50–113.50	110.19
21	—	464	156.00	156.00
19	—	771	118.50–130.00	123.32
35	—	509	141.50–160.50	142.67
8	—	648	132.00–136.00	133.75
37	—	680	146.50	146.50
23	—	596	139.00–154.00	152.13
33	—	740	131.00–135.25	134.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	153.50	153.50
2	—	965	111.50	111.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	699	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	114.00	114.00
11	—	400	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	752	139.75	139.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	729	123.00	123.00
4	—	616	132.00	132.00
2	—	663	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	538	135.50	135.50
2	—	610	127.00	127.00
18	—	560	125.00–138.00	135.31
10	—	798	107.00	107.00
24	—	671	121.00–124.00	121.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	128.00	128.00
8	—	691	123.00	123.00
15	—	808	113.50	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	90.50	90.50
3	—	120	125.00	125.00
4	—	168	100.00	100.00
5	—	565	122.50–128.00	124.77
4	—	913	92.00	92.00
3	—	622	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	901	95.50	95.50
2	—	103	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	76.50	76.50
2	—	1,228	75.00–79.00	76.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,826	80.50–91.50	85.58
53	—	2,025	89.00–100.00	92.83
34	—	1,518	69.00–81.50	76.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	63.50	63.50
4	—	966	51.00–57.50	54.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,692	59.75–66.50	62.95
11	—	1,635	56.00–62.50	60.66
5	—	1,789	66.00–67.50	66.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,443	59.50–67.00	62.90
62	—	1,463	65.00–73.50	67.08
27	—	1,452	57.00–60.00	58.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,246	58.00–64.50	61.89
34	—	1,261	64.50–68.50	66.44
106	—	1,249	49.00–61.00	55.93
1	—	1,330	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,631	64.50–67.50	64.97
1	—	1,760	59.50	59.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Montana barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.